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Patented Apr. 5, 1892.

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CLOTH-LAYING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 472,173, dated April5,1892.

Application filed November 2, 1891. Serial No. 410,618. (No modeLl Toall whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PATRICK HOWE, of Boston, county of Sn lfolk, Stateof Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Cloth-Laying Machines,of which the following description, in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, is a specification, like letters and figures on the drawingsrepresenting like parts.

This invention has for its object to improve the construction ofclothlaying machines, whereby the position of the roll-supporting framewith relation to the carriage or truck supporting it may be reversed;and my invention consists in details of construction to be hereinafterpointed out in the claims at the end of the specification.

.Figure 1 shows in side elevation a clothlaying machine embodying thisinvention; and Fig. 2, a vertical section of the machine shown in Fig.1, taken on the dotted line cow.

The table a is of any usual or suitable construction. At each side ofthe table a rails 01. are supported by suitable brackets to form atrack, which receives rolls b journaled in suitable end supports of acarriage or truck,

each end support being herein represented as having two supporting-lugsb, which carry the roll. Into each end support atubular rod or barb isfitted, which rods or bars are connected at their adjacent ends to apivot-block c, and as said rods or bars are of an equivalent length, orsubstantially so, the pivotblock will be centrally located. Theserollcarrying supports and means employed to connect them togetherconstitute a truck or carriage. The pivot-block 0 receives the pivot cof a block 0 into the adjacent ends of which are fitted tubular rods orbars 0 which are made substantially the same length as the connectingrods or bars band lie in parallelism therewith. The rods or bars 0 attheir outer or extreme ends each have secured to them a vertical arm orpost d, which arms furnish bearings at their upper ends for the journalsof a roller 6, arranged parallel to the rods or bars 0 and transversethe table.

The cross-bars c and vertical arms cl d constitute a roll-supportingframe for the clothsupporting roll. At each end of the roll-supportingframe locking devices are provided, which are herein represented as pins2, passing down through holes in extensions on the post orarms at, saidpins being encircled by springs 3, which are connected at one end to thepins and are adapted to bear against the extensions at the oppositeends, the tendency of said springs being to normally keep the pinsdepressed.

At each end of the truck or carriage a plate f is secured, which has aconvex upper surface and is provided at its center with a hole adaptedto receive the projecting end of the pin 2. The upper end of each pin 2is provided with a head having laterally-proj ectin g arms 5, which whenthe pin is raised may be swung into position to rest upon the standardor stop 6 to thereby hold the pin in elevated position.

At one end of the table I have erected two standards g, which at theirupper ends afford bearings for a roll g, made substantially flat, asrepresented in Fig. 1.

At one end of the table, and herein represented as at that end oppositethe standards 9, a rod h is laid crosswise the table and held down byspring-actuated hooks it, supported by brackets 71 at each side of thetable.

The operation of the machine is as follows: The usual board or flat rollhaving been withdrawn from a piece of goods, the flat roll g is insertedand said roll, with the goods on it, is then placed in the supports inthe standards 9. The cloth is then wound upon the roll 6 by a crank orotherwise, thereby giving the operator ample opportunity to thoroughlyinspect the cloth. One end of the cloth is then placed beneath the rod hand thereby firmly held down on the table, and the carriage is thenmoved to the opposite end of the table, Where the cloth will be cutoff.The carriage is then returned to its normal position without deliveringany cloth. The roll-supporting frame is then unlocked and turnedone-half a revolution and again locked. The end of the cloth is placedbeneath the rod h and the carriage again moved to the opposite end ofthe table. This operation may be repeated as many times as desired,reversing the position of the roll-supporting frames each time, untilseveral layers are piled upon the table.

It will be seen that by reversing the position of the roll-supportingframe for each layer, as described, the first layer of cloth may be laidwith the nap face upon the upper side, the second layer with the napface upon the under side, and so on, the nap faces of each twosuccessive layers coming in contact with each other. It Will also beseen that the cloth may be laid evenly and quickly, so that when thepile is completed it may be marked oil? in patterns preparatory to beingout.

I claim- 1. In a cloth-laying machine, a table and track thereon,combined with a truck or carriage consisting of end supports, rollscarried thereby for the truck, rods or bars 1), extended inwardly fromeach end support, a pivotblock a between the adjacent ends of and connccting said rods or bars, a roller-supporting frame pivoted to saidblock and comprising uprights d, rods or bars 0 extended inwardlytherefrom, a pivot-block c intermediate and connecting the adjacent endsof'said rods or bars 0 a spring-controlled rotatable locking-pin to holdsaid frame in position, and means to retain said pin in inoperativeposition substantially as described.

2. In a cloth-laying machine, a table and track thereon, combined with acarriage having thereon an extension f, made with a convexed uppersurface and having a hole through it, and a roller-supporting framepivoted to said carriage and having a springpressed pin 2, adapted toengage the said extension fand to enter the hole therein to lock theroll'supporting frame in fixed position, substantially as described.

3. In a cloth-laying machine, a table,arail or track at each sidethereof and supported beyond its edge, a truck or carriage movable onsaid rails or tracks, a roller-supporting frame pivoted thereon, and aretaining device at one end of said table, comprising a transverse rod7L, spring -'actuated hooks h for the ends of said rod and locatedwithin said rails or tracks, and supporting-brackets for the hooks ateach side of the table, the track having an unobstructed path from oneto the other end of the table, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing Witnesses.

- PATRICK HOWE.

\Vitnesses:

BERNICE J. NoYEs, EMMA J. BENNETT.

